Dripping time, fading Memory - Primo Marella Gallery 2025 — Tegene Kunbi | International Artist based in Berlin, DE and Addis, ET copy

Dripping Time, Fading Memory

2025

Born in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, Tegene Kunbi’s art draws from his African heritage while engaging with global artistic movements, fusing traditional African aesthetics with contemporary forms of expression. His artworks are colorful and balanced at the same time. Each hue is chosen and painted in conversation with the others on the canvas. From a structural point of view, the visual harmony is conveyed through the rectilinear grid, which is the ever-evolving element in the artist’s production. Depending on the tonality, density and the grid chosen, each canvas is invaded by dynamism and details.
Kunbi often recalls Ethiopia and its culture in his canvases, whether it is with the geometrical grid, which reminds us of the warp and weft of traditional textiles used in religious ceremonies, or the bright colors usually associated with gowns and African fashion.
- Primo Marella Gallery (Excerpt From Press Release)

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